Lantana plant named ‘Dolanhavacher’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Dolanhavacher’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy plant form; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; large flowers that are initially yellow in color becoming red purple in color with development; and good garden performance.

Botanical designation: Lantana camara.

Cultivar denomination: ‘DOLANHAVACHER’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant, botanically known as Lantana camara and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Dolanhavacher’.

The new Lantana plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Rheinberg, Germany. The objective of the breeding program is to create new vigorous, freely-branching Lantana plants with early and freely flowering habit and large attractive flowers.

The new Lantana plant originated from a cross-pollination in July, 2016 in Rheinberg, Germany of a proprietary selection of Lantana camara identified as code number LA-0030, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection of Lantana camara identified as code number LA-0087, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Lantana plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in Rheinberg, Germany in May, 2018.

Asexual reproduction of the new Lantana plant by terminal vegetative cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Rheinberg, Germany since June, 2018 has shown that the unique features of this new Lantana plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Lantana have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Dolanhavacher’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Dolanhavacher’ as a new and distinct Lantana plant:

-   -   1. Upright and mounding plant habit.     -   2. Vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate.     -   3. Freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy plant form.     -   4. Dark green-colored leaves.     -   5. Early and freely flowering habit.     -   6. Long flowering period.     -   7. Large flowers that are initially yellow in color becoming red         purple in color with development.     -   8. Good garden performance.

Plants of the new Lantana can be compared to plants of the female parent selection. Plants of the new Lantana differ primarily from plants of the female parent selection in growth habit as plants of the new Lantana are more vigorous than plants of the female parent selection.

Plants of the new Lantana can be compared to plants of the male parent selection. Plants of the new Lantana differ primarily from plants of the male parent selection in developed flower color as plants of the new Lantana have red purple-colored developed flowers whereas plants of the male parent selection have pink-colored developed flowers.

Plants of the new Lantana can be compared to plants of the Lantana camara ‘Bante Cheria’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,115. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Lantana differ from plants of ‘Bante Cheria’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Lantana are larger and more vigorous than         plants of ‘Bante Cheria’.     -   2. Plants of the new Lantana have longer leaves than plants of         ‘Bante Cheria’.     -   3. Plants of the new Lantana have slightly larger inflorescences         and flowers than plants of ‘Bante Cheria’.     -   4. Plants of the new Lantana and ‘Bante Cheria’ differ in flower         color as flowers of plants of the new Lantana are initially         yellow becoming red purple in color with development whereas         flowers of plants of ‘Bante Cheria’ are mainly red to cherry-red         and partly yellow to orange in color.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the new Lantana plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photograph may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Lantana plant.

The photograph (FIG. 1) is a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Dolanhavacher’ grown in a container.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photograph and following observations and measurements describe plants grown during the summer in 13-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in Rheinberg, Germany and under commercial practices typical of commercial Lantana production. During the production of the plants, day and night temperatures averaged 18° C. and light levels averaged 1,500 lux. Plants were pinched three weeks after planting and were twelve weeks old when the photograph and the description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, Fifth Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Lantana camara ‘Dolanhavacher’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary selection of Lantana             camara identified as code number LA-0030, not patented.         -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Proprietary selection of Lantana             camara identified as code number LA-0087, not patented. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—By vegetative terminal cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About five days at             temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About seven days at             temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About three             weeks at temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About four             weeks at temperatures about 20° C.         -   Root description.—Fine, fibrous; close to 158A in color,             actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate             composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate             temperature and age of roots.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching; dense. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Upright and mounding plant habit;             vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely             branching habit, dense and bushy plant form.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plante.—About 25.5             cm.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of floral plante.—About 25.5             cm.         -   Plant diameter.—About 25 cm. -   Lateral branch description:     -   -   Branching habit.—Freely branching habit with about five to             six primary lateral branches each with about eight to ten             secondary lateral branches developing per plant.         -   Length.—About 20 cm.         -   Diameter.—About 6 mm.         -   Internode length.—About 3.9 cm.         -   Strength.—Strong.         -   Texture and luster.—Pubescent; semi-glossy; longitudinally             ridged.         -   Color, developing stems.—Close to 143B.         -   Color, developed stems.—Close to 148A; at the internodes,             close to 144A. -   Leaf description:     -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite, simple.         -   Length.—About 6.5 cm.         -   Width.—About 3.6 cm.         -   Shape.—Ovate.         -   Apex.—Acute.         -   Base.—Rounded.         -   Margin.—Serrate; sinuses are medium in depth and divergent.         -   Texture and luster, upper surface.—Coarse pubescence;             semi-glossy.         -   Texture and luster, lower surface.—Coarse pubescence; matte.         -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate, reticulate.         -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 137A.             Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 137C. Fully             expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 139A; venation,             close to 139C. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close             to 138A; venation, close to 139D.         -   Petioles.—Length: About 9 mm. Diameter: About 1.9 mm.             Strength: Medium. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous;             matte. Color, upper surface: Close to 143B. Color, lower             surface: Close to 143C. -   Flower description:     -   -   Flower arrangement and flowering habit.—Solitary salverform             flowers arranged in terminal and axillary hemispherical             umbels; flowers face mostly upward or outward; freely             flowering habit with about 10 to 13 open flowers per             inflorescence and numerous inflorescences developing per             plant during the flowering season.         -   Natural flowering season.—Early flowering habit, plants             begin flowering about eight weeks from unrooted cuttings;             long flowering period, plants of the new Lantana flower             continuously throughout the summer into the autumn in             Germany.         -   Flower longevity on the plant.—Individual flowers last about             seven days; flowers persistent.         -   Fragrance.—None detected.         -   Inflorescence height.—About 2.5 cm.         -   Inflorescence diameter.—About 3.5 cm.         -   Flower buds.—Length: About 9 mm. Diameter: About 1.7 mm.             Shape: Oval to tubular. Texture and luster: Rippled,             glabrous; matte Color: Close to 60C.         -   Flowers.—Appearance: Flared trumpet, salverform; corolla             fused, five-parted. Diameter: About 1.1 cm. Depth (height):             About 1.7 cm. Throat diameter: About 1 mm. Tube length:             About 1.2 cm. Tube diameter: About 1 mm.         -   Corolla.—Arrangement: Single whorl of five fused petals.             Petal lobe length: About 6.5 mm. Petal lobe width: About             5.5 mm. Petal lobe shape: Obovate. Petal lobe apex: Rounded.             Petal margin: Entire; slightly undulate. Petal texture and             luster, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; matte.             Throat texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; matte. Tube             texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; matte. Color: When             opening, upper surface: Close to 8A and 58B. When opening,             lower surface: Close to 8C and 72D. Fully opened, upper             surface: Close to 61B; venation, close to 61B; color             becoming closer to 79A with development. Fully opened, lower             surface: Close to 61C to 61D; venation, close to 61C to 61D;             color becoming closer to 79B with development. Throat and             tube: Close to 157D; venation, close to 157D.         -   Calyx.—Appearance: Tubular calyx with five fused sepals.             Length: About 7 mm. Diameter: About 1.7 cm. Sepal length:             About 7 mm. Sepal width: About 1.5 mm. Sepal shape:             Ligulate. Sepal apex: Acute. Sepal margin: Entire. Sepal             texture and luster, upper surface: Coarse pubescence;             semi-glossy. Sepal texture and luster, lower surface: Coarse             pubescence; matte. Sepal color, upper surface: Close to             139A. Sepal color, lower surface: Close to 139B.         -   Peduncles.—Length: About 3.6 cm. Diameter: About 1.5 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: Mostly upright. Texture and             luster: Pubescent; semi-glossy. Color: Close to 144C.         -   Pedicels.—Length: About 1 mm. Diameter: About 1 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: Mostly upright. Texture and             luster: Smooth, glabrous; semi-glossy. Color: Close to 144C.         -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity and arrangement: Four             per flower, adnate to floral tube. Filament length: About             1 mm. Filament color: Close to 155C. Anther length: About             1 mm. Anther shape: Oblong. Anther color: Close to 15C.             Pollen amount: Moderate. Pollen color: Close to 3C. Pistils:             Quantity: One per flower. Pistil length: About 3 mm. Style             length: About 2 mm. Style color: Close to 150D. Stigma             diameter: About 1 mm. Stigma shape: Round. Stigma color:             Close to 144B. Ovary color: Close to 143C. Fruits: Quantity             produced per plant: About five during the flowering season.             Length: About 5 mm. Diameter: About 7 mm. Texture: Rough.             Color: Close to 202A. Seeds: Quantity per flower: About one             to five. Length: About 4 mm. Diameter: About 5 mm. Texture:             Smooth, glabrous. Color: Close to 200D. -   Garden performance: Plants of the new Lantana have been observed to     have good garden performance and to tolerate wind, rain and     temperatures ranging from about 11° C. to about 25° C. and to be     suitable for USDA Hardiness Zone 11. -   Pathogen & pest tolerance: To date, plants of the new Lantana have     not been observed to be tolerant to pathogens and pests common to     Lantana plants. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Lantana plant named ‘Dolanhavacher’ as illustrated and described. 